Gillian Brown (linguist)

Gillian D. Brown (born 1937) is a British linguist. She is known for her expertise on discourse analysis.[2][3][4] She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1971, presenting the thesis "Aspects of a phonology of Lumasaaba".[5]

Gillian Brown
Born (1937-01-23) 23 January 1937[1]
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineDiscourse analysis

Books
  • Teaching the Spoken Language
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation: A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba
  • Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition
  • Speakers, Listeners and Communication: Explorations in Discourse Analysis
  • Questions of Intonation

References
  1. Tomorrow's birthdays. Guardian, London, 22 January 2022, G2, p. 9.
  2. Weyters, T. (1983). "Gillian Brown and George Yule, Discourse Analysis. Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983. Pp. Xii+288. Price: 20.00 ($ 39,50) - Cloth; 6.95 ($12,95) - Paperback". Journal of Semantics. 2 (3–4): 354–356. doi:10.1093/semant/2.3-4.354. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. McRoy, Susan (1 December 2000). "Gillian Brown, Speakers, Listeners, and Communication: Explorations in Discourse Analysis". User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction. 10 (4): 309–313. doi:10.1023/A:1008335312076. ISSN 1573-1391. S2CID 12396823.
  4. Friedman, Debra A. (30 June 1997). "Speakers, Listeners and Communication: Explorations in Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 251 pp". Issues in Applied Linguistics. 8 (1). doi:10.5070/L481005255. ISSN 1050-4273. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. Brown, Gillian (1971). "Aspects of a phonology of Lumasaaba". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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